Today James and I meet with his brother Jason and Jacque his brother’s wife to attend a craft fair. The fair was at the Fresno fair grounds and was not that large but there were some great crafts, and awesome ideas. If we had more money I would have come home with some beautiful clay bird houses, a tower pedestal, and a few dragons for my garden. They were awesome.
Another item I saw I think I will do on my own I loved it. The project was in a booth that James cousin Bobby was working at with his family, and I hope that they did not come up with it because it is wonderful. I found a link at Lowes that makes me think that they did not come up with it; they just made it look great. Here is the link http://www.lowes.com/cd_e_1259596538_ The Project is framed chalkboard, so it is decorative, and functional, which I love. You can use a magnetic primer to make it magnetic to, which I think the ones I saw were.
The other thing that the craft fair had that I was excited to show James but he was not too excited to see were examples of felting with different materials. The materials were Lama Wool, and silk being turned in to a scarf. It was a wonderful work of textile art, but still out of my price range. The woman at the booth appeared happy to talk to someone who knew a little about what she was selling, but I felt bad I could not afford the scarf. It was worth the money, but I just did not have it in my budget.
I got interested in learning more about felting after I read the article in Threads Magazine, here is the link http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/7767/needle-felting-without-wool . I love this publication it inspires me, gives me great ideas, reminds of my basics, and helps me with the advanced topics of sewing and fit.
The article was mind capturing to me because I was thinking Wow, what if I had enough of custom designed material, silk and lama, or cashmere, or some other natural fiber combo that would lend its self to this process? Then I would have an outfit that is all of my vision. Every part of it would be because of a choice I would make.
That is both an awesome thought you know having that much control over a project, and that is also scary because you have so much control. If the project goes horribly wrong it is your entire fault no one else is to blame.
Well I guess I should get back to the projects that I have to get done as I am going to be down a day this week, buy going to grandpa’s and getting laundry done. I love doing laundry at his house, because I get to spend time with him. I also cannot wait until I get the laundry hookup moved in to my house. James figured out something great to bring it inside of the house and give me some great cabinets.
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